Getting to Tours is easy.  The venue is located directly opposite the Tours train station: 1) from  Paris–Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport, direct trains bring you to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps in about an hour; 2) from Paris-Orly, take the metro or RER to Montparnasse station and hop on a train (some details are given below).  

Once in Tours, everything is within walking distance — conference hotels (all less than 15 minutes away), restaurants, bars and even record stores. A system of pre-booked hotel rooms at reduced rates, including affordable options for students, will be available.

Some useful information can be found below this link:

www.tours-tourisme.fr/en/comment-venir-a-tours/

Some more details about getting there by plane.

1) if you fly to Paris–Charles de Gaulle, then take a direct high-speed train (TGV)

• The airport has its own TGV station, “Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV”, inside Terminal 2. If you land at Terminal 1 or 3, take the free CDGVAL shuttle train to Terminal 2.
• Direct TGVs run to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, the TGV station right next to Tours, in about 2h of travel. There are 4 direct services per day, so book early on SNCF Connect
• From Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, a local shuttle train takes about 5 minutes to Tours city-centre station. If you book your ticket all the way to “Tours”, the shuttle is usually included.

2) if you fly to Paris–Orly airport

• Take metro line 14 (or Orlyval) into Paris. It uses the same airport ticket as the RER (see below). Change to metro line 4 at Châtelet for Montparnasse, then take the TGV to Tours.

   

How to buy the RER ticket from airport to Paris.

The ticket you need is the “Ticket Paris Région ↔ Aéroports”. It is valid for both CDG (RER B) and Orly. It covers the whole trip to any station in the Paris region, including the metro change to Montparnasse.